From owner-freebsd-libh Fri Jun 23 17: 6:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org Received: from peach.ocn.ne.jp (peach.ocn.ne.jp [210.145.254.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0E4D37BA72 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:06:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dcs@newsguy.com) Received: from newsguy.com (p61-dn01kiryunisiki.gunma.ocn.ne.jp [211.0.245.62]) by peach.ocn.ne.jp (8.9.1a/OCN/) with ESMTP id JAA28407; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 09:05:58 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <3953FB98.80BE1A3@newsguy.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 09:06:48 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en,pt-BR,ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Langer Cc: libh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setup References: <20000623140032.A9457@cichlids.cichlids.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Alexander Langer wrote: > > I myself would have prepared to let setup check for new > install-scripts on ftp.freebsd.org, e.g. that remove bugs, but > everyone said, one should download new floppies in that case. > > Well, that removes some neat possiblities, e.g. downloading additional > files. > Remember XF 3.3.6, that missed a lib for 4.0? That's because you are looking at it the wrong way. The installer must *NOT* contain the install "script". If XF 3.3.6 is missing a lib, the install _script_ should contain that change. _That_ you are allowed to download, as it won't take 5-10 minutes. > In my eyes, one with a network connection could have done the > following: > > * tclh is started from the boot-floppy > * setup.tcl checks for new .tcl scripts, if a network connection is > given (even for CDROM-isntalls!) Optionally. Or, perhaps, optionally not. You may assume you know better than the user, as long as you let the user contradict you. > * a new X-install script is found, which is executed in spite of the > one on the CD. All other scripts are taken from the CD. > This script's latest step is the retrieve the missing lib from > ftp.freebsd.org and complete the installation. > This is a way nice way of bug-fixing, which can't be done by just > downloading new floppies.... This procedure I don't have a problem with. It's retrieving tclh I have a problem with. First, it's slow. Second, even if it isn't, we don't have an interface up to do this task until we have tclh! -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.great.underground.bsdconpiracy.org Windows works, for sufficently small values of "works". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message